4 Greetings from the Senator Dear Reader, I m happy to present you the current revision of the brochure Psychiatry in Berlin Information and Orientation. Mental health illnesses include those illnesses that hinder those affected and limit their quality of life especially severely. The social and health conditions and personal living conditions influence the daily life of mentally ill people to a large degree. Diverse studies regarding the frequency and the effects of mental illnesses are an expression of increased awareness of the disease patterns involved. The results also advise appropriate treatment at an early stage. This brochure is intended to provide an overview of the psychiatric services available in the state of Berlin. The first part will introduce you to the contents, goals, and 2

5 central concepts of psychiatry. Relation ships are depicted and explanations of the individual building blocks of the help system are given in order to provide aid to those affected, relatives, professionals, and anyone who is interested. In part two, you will receive an overview of the institutions and services for treatment, support, care, and emergency aid for people affected by mental illnesses or addictions. This section, which provides information about the help situation in the various districts of Berlin, also indicates psychiatric help available close to your own home. My particular concern is that the obligatory psychiatric care system oriented on the dis tricts of Berlin continues to be enhanced and qualified. This includes achieving con tinued improvement of the quality of care, for example via visiting committees. Besides the German version, this guide for psychiatric help is also available in seven of the most frequently spoken foreign lan guages in our city. All published versions of this Psychiatric Help Guide are also available online at my offce s homepage, where they may also be downloaded. I m sure that this edition of Psychiatry in Berlin will be a valuable guide for those affected and those involved with helping them. Sincerely, Mario Czaja Senator for Health and Social Services 3

6 Psychiatry in Berlin mental illnesses into one of the strongest in the nation. The possibility of developing mental illness is something that the majority of the population rejects. Reality, however, tells a different story. A national study (a study conducted by the Federal Health Survey in 1998) indicates that approx. 31% of the national population between 18 and 64 years are likely to suffer from at least one mental disorder over the course of a year. Over 40% of illness-related absences are connected with mental disorders. In Berlin, the rate of illness is disproportionately high, and it has continued to increase over the past years. Over the last 10 years, the State Government of Berlin, together with local districts, welfare associations, hospitals, and privately practicing doctors and psychologists have undertaken immense measures to develop the local care system for people suffering from An extensive network of specialist psychiatrists and psychotherapists spans all of Berlin s districts. Working together with family doctors, most mentally ill people should be able to receive the counseling and treatment that they require. Anyone who requires clinical treatment due to the severity of his illness now has access to this via the respective special department in his local district. The era of large psychiatric hospitals on the edge of the city, where mentally ill people were often treated for months and years at a time, has passed. A close, coordinated cooperation with privately practicing doctors and psychologists, therapeutic groups in day centers, and differentiated aid and support at home has enabled the waiting times in clinics to be drastically reduced. Clinical treatment in Berlin lasts less than 20 days on average. Access to the regional psychiatric help system is especially important to those people who suffer from mental illness. The districts are responsible for providing care to these people via social-psychiatric services such as contact and counseling offces, and also via a number of employment opportunities and diverse services such as home and daycare. One very special offer provided by Berlin s districts to its citizens is the development of the Berliner Krisendienst crisis service. Nine locations are distributed throughout all of Berlin, and these offer competent counseling in the evening and at night to people expe 4

7 riencing mental crises, as well as to relatives, neighbors, and friends, and help may also be sent out as required to those in need. Mental illness is not something exotic that we are never likely to be affected by. We encounter mentally ill people in our lives every day, and the probability that we may also need professional help ourselves at one time, cannot be discounted. Berlin s psychiatric care system is characterized as a differentiated, high-quality, locally accessible treatment and support system. If you need counseling and help, please contact the providers of these services; their addresses are featured in this brochure. This brochure is not intended to replace the psychiatric guides of local districts, which describe the help system in the district in detail. It is also unable to name all privately practicing doctors, psychotherapists, and other services and institutions involved with helping people suffering from mental illness. The goal of this guide is to display central switchboards for helping people suffering from mental illness. As the State Psychiatry Offcer, I encourage you to share your experiences with me. I will ensure that your suggestions are forwarded to the responsible positions. In this way, you help us to continue to improve the available services. Heinrich Beuscher State Representative for Mental Health State Representative for Mental Health The Senate Department for Health and Social Services Oranienstrasse 106, Berlin Fax (030) Web 5

8 Treatment, Counseling, Crisis Care Outpatient Care for Adults The treatment of mental illness is a service covered by statutory health insurance and provided by privately practicing specialist physicians for neurology, psychiatry, psychotherapy, psychosomatic medicine, and psychotherapy, by privately practicing physicians and psychotherapists, and by family doctors. The Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians of Berlin has set up a telephone health guidance service and a psychotherapy hotline for patients: Health Guidance Service Advice on Selecting a Physician: Tel.: 030 / Fax: 030 / Telephone Service Hours Mon - Thurs: 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. and 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Fri: 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Psychotherapy Hotline Advice on Selecting a Psychotherapist: Tel.: 030 / Telephone Service Hours Mon - Thurs: 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. For people suffering from mental illness, who are not able to visit a privately practicing doctor or who do not want to, every psychiatric hospital features a special psychiatric department with outpatient care services. This service provides care before and/or after hospital treatment and enables seamless continuation of treatment. Outpatient Care for Children and Youths The diverse appearance and behavior of mental disorders and illnesses in children and youths requires the explanation of the physical, developmental-psychological, and social context. An intensive collaboration between the treating specialists (e.g. specialist for child and youth psychiatry and psychotherapy) and therapists (psychological psychotherapists, child and youth psychotherapists) with child and youth aid workers and schools is frequently essential in order to guarantee the best possible treatment for young people and their families. In Berlin, privately practicing specialist doctors for child and youth psychiatry and psychotherapy and psychotherapists are not always located close to home. Information about this is available from the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Berlin via the telephone numbers indicated in Outpatient Care: Adults in the following section. An independent search for privately practicing doctors (for both adults and children and youths) is possible via website of the Association of Statutory Health Insurance Physicians in Berlin (http://www.kvberlin.de), the Medical Association of Berlin (http://www. aerztekammer-berlin.de), and the Psychotherapists Association of Berlin (http://www. psychotherapeutenkammer-berlin.de). 6

9 Treatment, Counseling, Crisis Care For children and youths suffering from men tal illness, who are not able to visit a pri vately practicing doctor or who do not want to, every special department for child and youth psychiatry and psychotherapy pos sesses outpatient care services. This service provides care before and/or after hospital treatment and enables seamless continua tion of treatment. Treatment for Adults at Hospitals For especially acute illnesses or for spe cial emergencies, people suffering from mental illness and addiction are treated as inpatients, i.e. in and at a hospital s special department for psychiatry and psycho therapy. In all of Berlin s districts, at least one special department is available at a hospital or specialist psychiatric hospi tal. The path there is short, the hospital is familiar, and mental illnesses are treated here under the same conditions as physi cal illnesses. The hospital responsible for your district is indicated in this brochure under Contact Partners and Addresses. These hospitals are obligated to accept people who require treatment. This ac ceptance obligation includes patients (adults, children, and youths) who are resi dents of the respective district as well as patients who are presently staying in the district or are temporarily located there. In Berlin, there are approximately 2,150 beds in our hospitals available to adult people suffering from mental illness. The decision about the number of beds is made based on specific psychiatric planning parameters that are anchored in the hospital plan for Berlin. Day Clinics Every hospital providing psychiatric care is connected to at least one day clinic. On weekdays, this provides the opportunity for partial inpatient treatment for patients who have completed their inpatient treatment or for whom inpatient treatment is not necessary, but for whom outpatient treatment is insuffcient. Evenings, nights, and on weekends, patients live in their regular environment. On the one hand, this makes the large step out of the hospital much easier, and on the other hand, it often makes an inpatient stay unnecessary. There are currently approx. 650 spaces available in the psychiatric day clinics. The decision about the number of spaces is made based on specific psychiatric planning parameters that are anchored in the hospital plan for Berlin. Outpatient Care for Children and Youths in Hospitals For especially acute illnesses or for special emergencies, children and youths suffering from mental illness and addiction are treated as inpatients, i.e. in and at a hospital s special department for child and youth psychiatry and psychotherapy. In Berlin, the area of child and youth psychiatry and psychotherapy features six care regions. Each of these is formed by 7

10 Treatment, Counseling, Crisis Care two neighboring districts. Psychiatric hos pital care for children and youths is cur rently provided via a total of 165 beds and 135 spaces at day clinics. Each region also has access to an outpatient clinic. Inpatient care mainly provides diagnostics and treatment for apparent child and youth psychiatric illnesses. This form of treatment should only follow exhaustion of all other possible forms of treatment. Day clinic treat ment for children and youths has the advan tage that they do not need to be removed from their family and social environments. Involuntary Treatment One special form of clinical psychiatry for adults is placement in a hospital for invol untary treatment. Legally appointed in voluntary treatment is not included in the regional psychiatric care system, but the hospital operations of the State of Berlin features one location in Reinickendorf (Karl Bonhoeffer-Nervenklinik) and one in Pan kow (Klinikum Buch). In case adults are responsible for severe criminal offenses and are found to be in nocent or partially innocent due to mental illness or abuse of addictive substances, the court will order placement in a psychiatric hospital (in Berlin, this is the Hospital for Involuntary Care). Placement is intended to provide improvement and safety to the pa tient as well as crime prevention and protec tion against dangers for the safety of public. Detailed information regarding the Invol untary Care Hospital is available at www. berlin.de/kmv/. Address: Krankenhaus des Maßregelvollzugs, Olbendorfer Weg 70, Berlin, telephone: (030) (operator). Furthermore, the clinic for forensic psychiatry for youths and adolescents of Vivantes - Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH (located at the former Karl-Boenhoeffer-Nervenklinik) currently features 18 beds for male and female youths/young adults who have been legally assigned to (temporary) accommodations in a psychiatric hospital or in a detoxification institution ( 7 JGG). An expansion of this institution is planned; 24 beds are intended to be added in the future. Social-Psychiatric Services Social-Psychiatric Services are offces of the district health authorities for people suffering from mental illness in Berlin s districts. Due to easier accessibility, these are also available at multiple locations in each district. The employees (specialist doctors for psychiatry and neurology, social workers, and psychologists) offer help and support for adults suffering from mental illness, an addiction, or a mental disability. Who are social-psychiatric services available to? Adults suffering from mental illnesses (e.g. depression, psychosis, angst, compulsion), in crisis situations, for confused elderly people who cannot function alone and require help, for mentally disabled people, who have problems with alcohol, drugs, medication, and other addictions, 8

11 Treatment, Counseling, Crisis Care for relatives, neighbors, and acquaintances of people suffering from mental illness, confused elderly persons, mentally dis abled people, and people suffering from addictions. Counseling, provision of aid, and crisis inter vention is accessible via service offces and house calls directly to those affected, to rela tives, and to friends and acquaintances for personal and material diffculties, provision of home care, introduction of individual case support procedures, clarification of questions regarding legal care, provision of outpatient and inpatient care, questions involving therapy options and crisis intervention, including placement of the mentally ill according to law. Social-psychiatric services works closely to gether with other providers in the district and the inter-regional area to supply exten sive outpatient and inpatient care. Employees of Social-Psychiatric Services may be reached from Monday to Friday 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. On Thursdays, a late call hour is available until 6:00 p.m. for most districts. During these times, Social-Psychiatric Ser vices are also responsible for emergency psychiatric aid in the respective district. The primary goal is to exhaust all options for help in order to avoid involuntary measures. In case of personal danger or danger to oth ers, the doctor will decide according to the law regarding people suffering from mental illness. Child and Youth Psychiatry Services Child and Youth Psychiatric Services are counseling offces assigned to the health department or individually to the youth department at various district offces. These offer parents who are concerned about the emotional, mental, physical, and social development of their children Youths who are having diffculties with their parents, teachers, or peers, who display learning or performance diffculties, or who have drug problems Families experiencing diffculties raising their children or in which relationship problems cannot be solved independently the following services: medical and psychological diagnoses and treatment crisis intervention counseling for parents and families recommendations, mediation, introduction, and expert support involving the various benefactors counseling involving all case support procedures in close cooperation with youth organizations and schools professional diagnoses for government agencies and offces cooperation with all caregivers in the various aspects of a child s life with consent of the parents. In case of problems and diffculties such as physical, mental, and social development (e.g. motor skills, perception, language, con 9

12 Treatment, Counseling, Crisis Care centration, intelligence, and relationships) scholastic development (e.g. reading and spelling diffculties or diffculties calculat ing, aversion to school, refusal to go to school, fear of tests and failure) attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) social-behavioral abnormalities (e.g. ag gression, lying, stealing, social isolation) behavioral abnormalities involving physi cal disorders (e.g. eating disorders, bed wetting) emotional disorders (e.g. fears, withdrawal, depressions, attachment disorders) psychosomatic complaints (e.g. nausea, stomach and headaches) neurotic disorders (e.g. compulsions) psychotic illnesses violence, abuse, addiction questions regarding child-raising (e.g. set ting limits) separation anxiety and youth crises family communication and relationship problems family stress and crises (e.g. separation, di vorce, death, chronic illness) problems within the context of cultural background and integration parents, youths, and families may turn to Child and Youth Psychiatric Services. In spe cial cases, observation and counseling will be provided in daycare centers and schools, and house calls will be available. Berliner Krisendienst (Berlin Crisis Service) The Berliner Krisendienst provides help and support for people in emotional need and experiencing psychiatric emergencies. The reasons that people contact crises services are very diverse, including mental illness, suicidal thoughts, traumatic experiences, depression, fears and panic, mental disability, separation and loss, addiction problems, family and partner conflicts, and many others. The support provided by Berlin s crises service is directed at people living close to those affected such as a partner, a relative, a girlfriend or boyfriend, a colleague, or a neighbor. These people often require information and advice or they require support themselves due to severe stress. The Berliner Krisendienst also offers its support to professional help organizations and to the general emergency system. Doctors, therapists, employees of social institutions, and the police and fire fighters can benefit from crisis service at any time, especially in case of emergency. The Berliner Krisendienst is available around the clock, 365 days a year. Distributed throughout the entire city of Berlin, 9 regional counseling centers are open daily from 4:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. (addresses and telephone numbers are available via the district pages in this brochure or online at During these times, those seeking help will receive telephone support or support directly in one of the counseling offces. Prior 10

13 Treatment, Counseling, Crisis Care registration is not required in this case, and help is free of charge and anonymous upon request. In especially urgent and acute situations, employees of the Berliner Kris endienst are prepared to travel. Our psy chiatric specialists are on-call and may be dispatched quickly and at all times. Outside of these main hours, the Berliner Krisendienst offers the same quality of inter regional on-call support services and help during the night and daytime (12:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.). The counseling offces involved with this are located in the Mitte area (Kraus nickstr. 12a, Berlin-Mitte). People re quiring help may reach on-call services with any of the telephone numbers of the Berlin er Krisendienst (automatic forwarding after 12:00 a.m.). On workdays (8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.), information and support will only be provided via telephone. Contact and Counseling Centers Contact and Counseling Centers are open to any person suffering from mental illness, their relatives, or anyone who interested. Counseling and Contact Centers provide contact services, recreation time organiza tion, participation in group programs, and individual counseling appointments. Spe cial services and events provided here in clude group trips, excursions, cultural and sporting events, musical performances, and warm lunches. Self-help groups also meet here to provide mutual support with individual problems without direction by specialists. Various services like contact and counseling centers, employment op portunities, day centers, and other forms of care are often bundled together in a single building. This offers visitors the advantage to organize more flexibly and individually according to their current living situation. For example, visitors may receive day center support or try to find employment opportunities at counseling and contact centers. Vice versa, day center visitors or those seeking employment opportunities may also take advantage of contact and counseling services. Counseling Centers for People Suffering Addiction to Alcohol or Medication In case alcohol and/or medication become problematic, counseling centers for people suffering from addiction to alcohol and medication offer professional help. Besides help for those affected, support is also available for those affected by proxy such as family members, partners, friends, workplace colleagues, and so on. Counseling offces provide advice and support for addictions and outpatient therapy (individual and group therapy). They provide detoxification and withdrawal treatment, and in self-help groups, they provide help concerning social and practical questions and inform regarding counseling services at other institutions, e.g. debt counseling and child-raising and family counseling centers. Every district in Berlin features counseling centers for people suffering from addiction to alcohol or medication. These are partially directed as counseling centers, i.e. counseling is also available for addiction to illegal substances. 11

14 Living and Everyday Organization The services described here within the scope of home care and day centers are provided in collaboration with the Psychiatry Steering Committee for the patient s respective home district. These steering committees determine the current level of help required by those affected and suggest appropriate measures. This may take the form of therapeutic shared accommodations, individual care in a private apartment, care in a day center, or also especially intensive care in a transitional home. A broad palette of individual support services is available. During mediation, individual care requests such as mixed gender or female or male-specific shared accommodations will be responded to depending on the possibilities available. The Psychiatry Steering Committee normally works together with the service providers, benefactors (case management), hospital area, social-psychiatric services, psychiatry coordination, additional participants (e.g. from care services), and those seeking help themselves, provided this is requested. Decisions concerning the measures to be approved are made by the benefactor of the respective district offce (case management). More information about the services available in your district and the processes involved is available from the psychiatry coordination, social-psychiatric services, or case management in your district offce. Home Care Home care support for people suffering from mental illness and those suffering from an addiction helps to manage everyday needs, from organizing the day to making contact and support during the search for recreation, employment, and training. The goal and the approach as well as the scope of concrete services depend on the individual needs of the person in care. Care may be provided at home care or in shared accommodations. Support in care homes and transition homes is also available, but unfortunately not in all of Berlin s districts. Besides the supported accommodations available within the scope of regional obligatory care in each of the city s 12 districts, Berlin also offers individual inter-regional services. For example, home care services are available for gay men suffering from mental illness, for mentally ill young people at risk of suicide, for people suffering from mental illness and addiction, and for women suffering from addiction. On 1 July 2010, the statute prescribing enhanced self-determination, participation, and protection of people in communitysupported accommodations (Wohnteilhabegesetz WTG) became effective. Besides inpatient institutions, shared accommodations for people requiring care and handicapped people who receive care and support services became anchored in this successor statute to the federal care home act for the first time. These shared accommodations may be checked in the future as required in order to ensure the level of protection required for inhabitants. The particular aspects of this new law and 12

15 Living and Everyday Organization the provisions associated with it are avail able online at ziales/berliner-sozialrecht/sonstige/index. html. Day Centers In day centers, people suffering from mental illness and addiction are cared for during the day outside of their own apartment. Home care offers help organizing daily activities, support making contacts, and encourages the search for recreation, employment, and training. The group activities and recreation al services that are introduced may also be taken advantage of. 13

16 Employment, Recreation, and Training Work has central importance in every person s life. This also applies to people suffering from severe mental illness. Even after counseling due to mental illness, the question about recreation and employment remains, since very few can, want to, and should be treated and cared for the entire day. Work means more than a job as part of the general labor market, it means a broad range of employment options. This may be a volunteer service, work at a day center, work and recreational therapy, hourly civil service work, employment at a day center for disabled persons, participation in activities at the employment offce, schooling and training, or employment at an integration company. Especially for people suffering from mental illness, the company Soziale Unternehmen Berlin is a market leader that provides services for rehabilitation, integration, and earning opportunities. Information is available online at The opportunity to participate in vocational training that is suitable to the needs of young adults suffering from mental illness is also available. Training is provided in vocational workshops (in Berlin at the BBW-RKI: Information about funding and registration is available at local employment offces. Job Opportunities Some employment is available via the regional psychiatric care system, job opportunities in Berlin that are partially publicly financed. Job opportunities provide chronically mentally ill people the option to work at lowlevel recreation or employment, even if they are not permitted to earn as per the provisions set out in SGB II. Upon request, participants can attempt different jobs at flexibly scheduled work times. Job opportunities take the level of performance of chronically mentally ill persons into account, so they are developed for them especially. The work is remunerated with low-level pay. Workshops for Disabled People The services provided by workshops for disabled people are aimed at people with disabilities who are not yet able to be or who will not be able to be employed via the general labor market, but who are nevertheless in a position to perform a certain degree of work and fulfill the requirements for acceptance to the program. The workshops must accept all disabled people regardless of the type and severity of their disability. After an initial phase, which determines whether the workshops are a suitable institution, a two-year program for improving participation in working environments generally follows in the vocational training area of the workshops. For people with disabilities who are not able to find work via the general labor market or a certification or training program following these activities, the workshops offer a broad range of employment positions that are designed to be as appropriate as possible for the various levels of performance, development opportunities, and suitability and desires of the participants. The vocational training and employment program also includes exter 14

17 Employment, Recreation, and Training nally located positions in the general labor market. The state of Berlin features 17 workshop op erators and currently over 8,000 workshop positions in numerous commercial estab lishments, which are distributed through out the entire city. Besides four workshop operators that are focused especially on supporting people with emotional disabili ties, people with emotional disabilities are also accepted by all of the other workshops. Information about the vocational involve ment in workshops for disabled people is provided by rehabilitation organizations, especially social aid organizations (district offces), the Federal Labor Ministry (employ ment offces), and old age pension organiza tions. Of course, information is also available from any of the workshops. Corresponding links are provided on the website of the Lan desarbeitsgemeinschaft der Werkstätten für behinderte Menschen in Berlin e.v. at www. wfbm-berlin.de. An extensive overview is provided by the website of the The Senate Department for Health and Social Services at erwerbsleben/index.html. people and special schools are also the target group of these integration projects. In contrast with other companies in the general labor market, integration projects offer severely disabled people support during their work that is provided by social-pedagogically trained staff. The acquisition of profit alone does not determine entrepreneurial activities. The goal of a company to provide employment to severely disabled people and to foster vocational and social participation stands in the foreground. The state of Berlin features 25 integration projects with a total of approx. 500 employees, of whom 250 people with disabilities are active in services such as gardening and landscaping, cleaning services, painting, catering, whole grain bakeries, and party services. Addresses for integration projects are available at More information is also available from the Berlin Offce for Integration by calling (030) Integration Projects Integration projects provide employment to people with disabilities for whom inte gration into a working environment in the general labor market is especially diffcult due to the type and severity of their dis ability. In particular, this involves people with mental or physical disabilities or severe physical, sensory, or multiple disabilities. Participants leaving workshops for disabled 15

18 Special Interest Groups and Complaint Offces Affected Persons Associations Affected persons associations are a component of special interest groups for people suffering from mental illness. More information is available from the Bundesverband Psychiatrie-Erfahrener e.v. (BPE) at www. bpe-online.de or by calling (0234) (open Monday to Thursday from 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.). The state organization of the BPE is the Berliner Organisation Psychiatrie-Erfahrener und Psychiatrie-Betroffener (BOP&P) e.v. The goal of the association is the development of self-help groups, information, and the exchange of experiences, public service work, and the representation of Berlin s psychiatric community on all levels with the appointment of a representative. Contact: Berliner Organisation Psychiatrie- Erfahrener und Psychiatrie- Betroffener (BOP&P) e.v., Belziger Str. 1, Berlin, Web Support for Relatives When a family member becomes mentally ill, the illness often also becomes a severe challenge for relatives and dependents. For example, information, counseling, and support is available to relatives and dependents from Angehörigen psychisch Kranker - Landesverband Berlin e.v. Contact: Geschäftsstelle ApK e. V. Berlin-Wilmersdorf, Mannheimer Str. 32, Berlin, Phone oder Web Opening hours: Mon and Tues 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Wed and Thurs 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. and Fri 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Self-help Self-help is a part of Berlin s health and social services program that is absolutely critical, since it provides information and support to those affected. Many self-help groups meet at contact and counseling centers for people suffering from mental illness, addiction counseling centers, or self-help contact centers, which are available in every district. If you are looking for a self-help group for your illness or if you would like to found one yourself, then please contact these institutions. Addresses of contact and counseling offces for people suffering from mental illness and addiction counseling offces are available in this brochure under Contact Partners and Addresses. To find out which self-help contact offces are present in your area, please visit 16

19 Special Interest Groups and Complaint Offces Complaint Offces The services provided by complaint of fices are directed at citizens suffering from mental disorders and disabilities and their relatives and dependents. Complaint of fices accept suggestions and complaints, provided these are connected with medical or other outpatient treatments/therapies or psycho-social care in an environment outside of a clinic. They provide advice (no legal advice!) and support those submit ting complaints with the acknowledge ment of their rights. In all cases, complaint offces operate as independent instances together with institutions providing psy chiatric and psycho-social care, and it is in the interest of all involved that an amicable solution to the problem is able to be found. Numerous district complaint centers are available in Berlin, e.g. in Lichtenberg, Reinickendorf, Spandau, and Tempelhof- Schöneberg. Furthermore, the Beschwerde- und Infor mationsstelle Psychiatrie in Berlin (psychi atric complaint and information center in Berlin) operate independently throughout the city. In cooperation with additional com plaint centers, it accepts complaints from participants, relatives, and coworkers and also offers additional services, e.g. counsel ing in different languages. Contact: BIP Beschwerde- und Informationsstelle Psychiatrie Grunewaldstraße 82, Berlin Phone (030) Fax (030) Mail Web 17

20 Planning, cooperation, networking State Psychiatric Advisory Council The member of the senate responsible for health appoints a state psychiatric advisory council from a group of specialists that advises on questions about appropriate care for people suffering from mental illness. The legal basis for the appointment and activities of the psychiatry advisory council in the state of Berlin is formed by Berlin s laws on the mentally ill. Psychiatry Advisory Council in the Districts Analog to the state psychiatric advisory council, a psychiatric advisory council is appointed from a group of specialists in each district that advises the district counselor and the respective district health council on questions about appropriate care for people suffering from mental illness. The legal basis for the appointment and activities of the psychiatry advisory council in the state of Berlin is formed by Berlin s laws on public health services. Psychiatry Coordination Along with the increased responsibility of the districts that accompanies provision of aid to people suffering from mental illness, the need for coordination and control of the district help system has also increased. The psychiatry coordinators that are active in all of Berlin s districts play a central role in this work. There duties include planning, control, and coordination of community psychiatric services in close collaboration with service providers involved in care. They are also a contact partner for those affected, relatives, and employees of service providers and institutions involving psychiatric treatment, support, and care. Qualitative development and adjustment of the psychiatric care system to incorporate new treatment and care methods and legal conditions is the permanent task of the psychiatry coordination. Addiction and Drug Help Coordination Besides the psychiatry coordination, addiction help coordinators or addiction counselors are active in every district in Berlin. The assignment of tasks and functions is organized according to different focuses in the respective districts. Essentially, addiction help coordinators respond to questions involving need for the services, develop and coordinate services within the addiction help system, provide special counseling and information to professional counselors and to affected citizens, in some cases. They form a contact center for all of the services and organizations involved with drug and addiction problems within a district, and they are indicated in this brochure under Contact Partners and Addresses. Psycho-Social Working Group The psycho-social working group is a meeting place for psychiatric professionals from all institutions, agencies, associations, and for those affected by mental illness and their relatives in all of the city s districts in order to exchange information about care available in the districts. The working group fosters cooperation between everyone involved in providing care to people suffering from mental illness, and it reports from 18

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